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In 2009, Canadian researchers warned that a zombie plague would wipe out civilization ... unless we were ready -
WE WEREN'T
As temperatures reach unprecedented levels, the dead rise - and eat the living. There is no warning. There is no time to prepare. And with tens of thousands dead or infected, another waking nightmare comes to terrorize the survivors -
THE UNDEAD'S VICTIMS NOW RISE UP, A NEW WAVE OF ZOMBIES HUNGRY FOR HUMAN FLESH
As the nation teeters on the edge of extinction, those who survived the onslaught fight for their lives, and for the lives of their loved ones ...
CARRIE ASHER must battle her way across the blood-soaked streets of London to save her six-year-old daughter who is locked in the basement of their home - with her zombie-infected father upstairs.
VINCENT MASKELL is trapped in a Welsh castle with the girl he loves. But how can he be her knight in shining armour with a zombie army besieging the medieval fort and the humans inside slowly losing their minds?
CRAIG MURRAY and his family are stuck in a traffic jam in Scotland when the zombies attack. But when his younger sister is kidnapped, he is forced to confront a human monster as well as the undead hordes.
The odds are against us. The zombie throng is growing. Our numbers are dwindling -
WELCOME TO ZOMBIE BRITANNICA
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23 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Like many I live in the U.K. and thought that reading a zombie novel set in the U.K. would be...novel. Unfortunately this reads like something written by someone that has:
1. Never visited the U.K.
2. Has only a tourist map.
3. Has no experience of the U.K. outside of watching Jeremy Kyle.
If you love insulting stereotypes, if you believe that hoodies would be murdering people for fun 20 minutes after the start of a zombie outbreak, if you have read every other zombie novel ever written then please go ahead and read this book. Otherwise I would suggest that you stay away.
As far as the plot goes:
1. Multiple perspectives from several survivors spread across Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) who are related in some way.
2. The dead rise.
3. People open doors to impregnable castles multiple times.
4. No one has a shred of common sense.
5. Almost everyone dies.
6. the end
1. Never visited the U.K.
2. Has only a tourist map.
3. Has no experience of the U.K. outside of watching Jeremy Kyle.
If you love insulting stereotypes, if you believe that hoodies would be murdering people for fun 20 minutes after the start of a zombie outbreak, if you have read every other zombie novel ever written then please go ahead and read this book. Otherwise I would suggest that you stay away.
As far as the plot goes:
1. Multiple perspectives from several survivors spread across Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) who are related in some way.
2. The dead rise.
3. People open doors to impregnable castles multiple times.
4. No one has a shred of common sense.
5. Almost everyone dies.
6. the end
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was drawn to this book as have others as this is a UK based Zombie book which I personally have not come across before but I really wish I hadn't bothered. At points I was cringing at the dreadful dialogue and very nearly binned it twice, both were terrible stereotypes of Scottish dialect, it felt like I was reading a 12 year olds homework. The book didn't flow at all and I didn't feel ay warmth for any of the characters, all in all probably the worst book I have read, and I have read Dan Brown!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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On balance this book is worth buying for the well plotted dynamics of various groups under pressure - the street gang and the group who'd taken refugee in the castle especially. OK, the religious fundamenalist played like the one in the remake of the film 'The Fog' , but the way she manipulated the crowd was portrayed excellently and was well observed.
However the central premise of the book - that long dead corpses had forced their way out of coffins and then burrowed their way through six feet of earth was nonsense and spoilt the book in many ways. Yes we're all prepared to suspend disbelief as long as the story plays to its own rules and this bit didnt. Also the bit where even after one person had turned in the castle after being bitten,each and every time after when someone got bitten , they were never isolated and every time went on to cause more infection. Not sure if this was a very weak plot device or just lazy thinking.
But on balance, yes lets have more from this auther, but with a lttle more thought going into some parts of the plot !
However the central premise of the book - that long dead corpses had forced their way out of coffins and then burrowed their way through six feet of earth was nonsense and spoilt the book in many ways. Yes we're all prepared to suspend disbelief as long as the story plays to its own rules and this bit didnt. Also the bit where even after one person had turned in the castle after being bitten,each and every time after when someone got bitten , they were never isolated and every time went on to cause more infection. Not sure if this was a very weak plot device or just lazy thinking.
But on balance, yes lets have more from this auther, but with a lttle more thought going into some parts of the plot !
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Fast and Exciting.
Zombie Britannica is mostly the 'stereotypical' zombie novel. Dead things rise and try to eat everyone else who is alive. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr Dave Lightfoot
oh dear
I was really looking forward to this. What could be better than a zombie book set in the UK? As it turns out, lots of things! Read more
Published 9 months ago by J. Turner
Don't even bother
This is BY FAR the worst book I have ever read, and I have read some bad books in my time. I spent as much time saying "oh for goodness sake! Read more
Published 10 months ago by Kikishua
disappointing read
I bought this book a while ago but have only just got around to reading it. To be honest I wish I hadn't bothered. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Sheila Davitt
plot holier than thou!
Wow, as bandwagon books go, this this one feels like it was knocked out in an afternoon by sellotaping bits of other books together. Read more
Published 15 months ago by wowsers
I'm sorry.
I was genuinely going to leave this book on my shelf and never look at it again until I needed space, I would then throw it in the bin with no remorse for what I had just done. Read more
Published 16 months ago by S. Skelton
In my opinion...
I knew this was the book for me about 4 pages in when zombies attacked. Too many zombie books are very slow and over analyse the zombie themselves, allowing them to think about... Read more
Published 16 months ago by The Duchess
Brilliant british zombie novel. BUY IT!
This book follows a few different groups of people, as a zombie outbreak happens. There is plently of gore, and a few moments in there that stayed with me for a while after. Read more
Published 16 months ago by ambz27
fastforward zombie nonsense
Excited to read a new zombie novel set in the UK after the appalling Autumn. Hoped this would be better, but it's just another kind of awful. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mr. Dan Petic
Over the top waste of time
This book was truly awful. Whilst I agree that zombie fiction isn't realistic, we should still expect the characters within the story to behave realistically. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Sparky115
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